Aku-Aku Eclipse

Easter Island

July 11th, 2010

Ahu Akivi

2010-07-08 21:39 UTC

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This group of seven moai is one of the most iconic images of Easter
Island. It is unique in being the only moai platform located
inland rather than along the coast, and that the statues face
out to the sea rather than inland.

2010-07-08 21:41 UTC

2010-07-08 21:48 UTC

The platform is aligned so that at the equinoxes the moai look
directly at the setting sun.

2010-07-08 21:51 UTC

The moai, which had been toppled, were erected on the platform in 1960
by a team of archaeologists using techniques believed to have been
used by the islanders in originally raising the statues.